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Old May 18th 04, 04:43 AM
Richard Riley
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On Mon, 17 May 2004 20:54:38 +0100, anonymous coward
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:On Mon, 17 May 2004 13:29:04 -0400, charles.k.scott wrote:
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: On Sat, 15 May 2004 15:09:43 +0100, anonymous coward
: wrote:

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:The argument, provided I'm not confabulating it, was that there was a
:shortage of combat pilots so it was worthwhile building a 'plane that
:let them live to crash again.

I've never heard of crash-survivability being a factor in WW2 fighers,
but I have read that more Navy pilots were lost in training than in
combat.
 




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